HcH - Vol. 1 Issue 1

Alloy Angel heads outside to start the run to the lobby, asking for a lift to save some time.

As the drop kick lands on Mirage, something strange happens. Eerie green energy arches out of Mirages back. It’s shoots out of the hole i the crumbling wall and blasts through the smoke, clearing it out. In less than a second it spreads out from their back, and shotgun style, shoots into the air towards the gathering news copters that have angled themselves to try to take images through that wall. Two helicopters manage to get out of the way, dodging the green energy. But two others are gripped in a telekinetic hood and and jerked back the 30 feet that Mirage ended up flying backwards. Metal bends and glass breaks. The engines whine as the helicopter blades stop and the helicopters begin to fall from the sky.

Inside, Nightfly moves with and intentionally against the pulse of zir music, striking riot and angering him. Ze land a flying Ax Kick to the top of Riot’s head when he was expecting a low sweep kick. He yells, smashing the ground. A seismic wave bends out wards from him breaking the ground up and causing an uneven and dangerous surface for everyone. And when he stands up, takes a much more defensive stance. Almost scared.

Captain Teleport, continuing to harass Backlash sees a chance to end the fight with Backlash. Captain Teleport gets behind Backlash, grabs him and teleports him 30 feet into the air. Then let’s him fall. Powerless and unable to defend himself,Backlash’s last thought for the moment is feeling a sense that he’s just not enough to take on these new heroes. Then he’s out.

The quake created by Riot has shot Heatwave into the sky, and she’s upset. The whole room grows hotter.
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Wild Claw charges at Heatwave again. Jumping up in the air to envelop her into a bear hug. The heat from Heatwaves body is intense, maybe too much for any of the others other than Solstice to bear, but Wild Claw’s stoney form can take it.

Heatwave releases a cry of anger, a roar, into the air but the sound is muffled by Wild Claw. In one last act defiance, her heat blasts out between Wild Claw’s arms. The waves are so concentrated that they can be seen. The rays hit the support rafters in the ceiling, partially melting them and they begin to sag and droop.

As Riot stands up from pounding the ground, Backlash lands on top of him, with perfect placement from Captain Teleport. Backlashes dead weight and Riots concern for him cause Riot some time and distraction as he tries to pull Backlash off without hurting him.

Alloy Angel plants herself beneath the News Channel 3 Helicopter, arms up and waiting. The reminence of green energy that had destroyed the copters and kept them aloft begins to wane disappate, leaving both copters falling.

The Channel 3 copter falls straight down while the Channel 13 copter still has a bit of rotor activity. Maybe enough to land safely?

The Channel 3 Copter meets Ally Angel's palms and she stretches up to meet it, and tries to slow it's descent as well as she can. A series of pops and racks sound as the helicopter settles on top of her.

A moment passes with no movement until a metal hand comes out of the side, followed by the rest of her body. Slowly, maybe a bit painfully, maybe a bit fearfully, she reaches out to open the bent and rended door. After some effort, pulling it open, it seems that all hands survived the crash. Along with the rest of their bodies.

5 people pile out. Incredibly thankful for Allooy ANgel.

Just then the other helicopter crashes down. While not falling TOO fast, it's tilted crazily to the side. A propeller blade hits the ground and violently tears itself from the copter, shooting itself towards the opening in the East Building and the brawl. The copter itself is shot about 10 feet back into the air before falling back down and catching on fire.

Time seems to stop for a brief moment...

Alloy Angel is outside and safe, a small crowd gathering around her to thank her for the rescue. Her athletic wear is dirty and smudged, but light bounces off her metallic parts, making her look heroic to the remaining news cameras up above.

A Helicopter propeller blade is careening end over end into the East Building where almost everyone is. It moves so fast, there will only be a split second before catastrophe strikes.

Heatwave in trapped in Wild Claw's arms as darkness takes her. Backlash falls to Riot's feet as Riot carefully tries to unentangle them and Nightflyer dance battles around them.

Captain Teleport hangs in the air, riding the residual momentum of his teleport.

Mirage lays on their back, getting ready to leap back into the action.

While finishing putting Backlash on the ground, Nightflyer blasts Riot in the jaw with a mean right uppercut. Riot goes down on his back.

He hits the floor with his right hand, breathes out, then kips up back to his feet. The look in his eye is determined, almost maddeningly so. Like he’s blocking out anything else and only has his eyes on the prize. His eyes are on Nightflyer when he says "And what’s your name, kid? They call me Riot…"

"Nightfly... I'll rem" is all he can make out before Wild Claw runs him over like a Mack Truck and sends Riot flying.

The propeller blade careens into the room, impaling itself into a wall, behind where Riot was standing just a second ago. The ceiling continues to creek as the weight settles on the ruined beams.

There's a moment of peace, without the immenent threat of violence in the room. Which is shattered by the sound of a large explosion coming from the location of the warehouse.

Solitice takes to the sky to survey the area. She's happy to see that the remaining helicopters appear unharmed and she can hear police cars beginning to approach, but still pretty far out. The Team is still on thier own.

Concerned about the civilians, from what she can see and tell, the biggest active threat is the below helicopter that is on fire. While what's happening in the lobby is unknown, as far as she can tell there are no screams or cries coming from there. So that situation is potentially stable.

However a prickling of intuition tells her that there could be danger in the warehouse. The explosion from there certainly could precede an emergent threat.

Captain Teleport blinks into existence next to the expanding fire of the helicopter as Alloy Angel takes care of business some feet away. A glance into the copter tells him that there's space enough for him to move, and if he pushes himself hard enough and Unleashes his Power, he can teleport in and out of the helicopter fast enough to save the 4 occupants inside before anything can happen.

The debris of earth and metal thrown up with the crash, any number of simple tools or rams can be made to shatter a window or pry the door from the helicopter. He also knows that inside the East Building they were just in, there is a fire extinguisher on the wall. It may be enough to help slow or even put out the fire.